Chris Connor reviews Apple TV+’s Black Bird… Apple TV+ has had quite the start to 2022 with several hugely successful shows including Slow Horses, Pachinko and Severance, and the latest to grace the streaming platform is the Taron Egerton-led true crime drama Black Bird, which tells the real life story of Jimmy Keene and is […]
Ms. Marvel Episode 5 Review – ‘Time and Again’
Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Ms. Marvel… After the cliffhanger ending of last week, Ms. Marvel’s penultimate episode had to tackle the question of how Kamala would deal with being transported back to the 1940s. While the episode does of course address this plot point, we are treated to a lengthy portion dedicated […]
Movie Review – Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire, 1987. Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Peter Falk, and Solveig Dommartin. SYNOPSIS: An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin’s residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal. Wim Wenders […]
Ms. Marvel Episode 4 Review – ‘Seeing Red’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Ms. Marvel… After fighting off her adversaries at her brothers wedding last episode Kamala and her mother are summoned by her grandmother to Karachi, in part to investigate the source of her mysterious powers and the bangle attached to them. The whole episode takes place in Pakistan, a […]
Ms. Marvel Episode 3 Review – ‘Destined’
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Ms. Marvel… After a very promising opening two episodes, Ms. Marvel’s third episode continues the momentum and while audiences might not be flocking in their droves as they have for other MCU shows, ‘Destined’ continues the winning blend of humour, family and escapism as it reveals more about […]
Ms. Marvel – Episodes 1 & 2 Review
Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Marvel Studios’ new Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, “one of the most out-and-out fun entries in the MCU in some time”… The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in what is far and away its most content heavy period, and is fresh off the success of the more introspective, character-driven […]
TV Review – Pistol
Chris Connor reviews Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols limited series Pistol… The Sex Pistols may have been a short-lived group but they were at the vanguard of the British Punk movement, anarchic and inflammatory, spearheaded by red haired devil Johnny Rotten and bassist Sid Vicious they remain an iconic group 45 years on. The group’s story […]
Movie Review – The Phantom of the Open (2021)
The Phantom of the Open, 2021. Directed by Craig Roberts. Starring Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones, and Johann Myers. SYNOPSIS: Down on his luck Maurice Flitcroft from Barrow In Furness finds his job at the shipyard in jeopardy and decides to try his hand at […]
TV Review – Prehistoric Planet
Chris Connor reviews Prehistoric Planet… Walking With Dinosaurs was a landmark achievement in 1999 providing incredible visuals and delivering the latest information available on the world of the dinosaurs, informing younger audiences and providing a sense of scale and effects previously unseen on TV. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the series was followed by two follow-up […]
TV Review – Conversations With Friends
Chris Connor reviews Conversations with Friends… Normal People became an absolute sensation during the first lockdown in 2020 with audiences finding comfort in the complex relationship between Marianne and Connell with star making turns from Daisy-Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal. Just over two years later and BBC Three/Hulu have belatedly followed this smash hit with […]
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